Comments on: Theme Competition = Smashing Success! http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition Alex King, Denver Web Developer Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:02:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Choosing the best blog software – WordPress is winning « Mastermind Blog http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition#comment-125274 Choosing the best blog software – WordPress is winning « Mastermind Blog Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:11:34 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition-smashing-success/#comment-125274 [...] (in most part) are professional, distinct and oh my gawd they are easy to install. I came acrossAlex King’s Theme Competition first, and made use of the Theme Browser which has a great collection of varied and unique themes. [...] [...] (in most part) are professional, distinct and oh my gawd they are easy to install. I came acrossAlex King’s Theme Competition first, and made use of the Theme Browser which has a great collection of varied and unique themes. [...]

]]> By: Entrepreneur's Journey http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition#comment-5444 Entrepreneur's Journey Fri, 27 May 2005 02:01:31 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition-smashing-success/#comment-5444 <strong>Choosing the best blog software - WordPress is winning</strong> I'm fairly new to the blogosphere (the fact that I even know that term is scaring me) and I find myself becoming ever more alienated from normal society, and I love it! Slap that geek badge on me and I'll wear it with pride. But seriously I am enjoyi... Choosing the best blog software – WordPress is winning

I’m fairly new to the blogosphere (the fact that I even know that term is scaring me) and I find myself becoming ever more alienated from normal society, and I love it! Slap that geek badge on me and I’ll wear it with pride. But seriously I am enjoyi…

]]> By: alexking.org: Blog http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition#comment-4797 alexking.org: Blog Thu, 31 Mar 2005 06:55:09 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition-smashing-success/#comment-4797 <strong>Less Fluff, More Coding</strong> I did actual coding today - nice to be making progress on the task list again. I'd been allowing my e-mail (sales and support) and all the WordPress theme madness to consume my days lately. I'd also like to mention that the SVN integration in BBEd... Less Fluff, More Coding

I did actual coding today – nice to be making progress on the task list again. I’d been allowing my e-mail (sales and support) and all the WordPress theme madness to consume my days lately.

I’d also like to mention that the SVN integration in BBEd…

]]> By: Sidney's weblog http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition#comment-4796 Sidney's weblog Thu, 31 Mar 2005 05:03:58 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition-smashing-success/#comment-4796 <strong>Theme Switcher Shim plugin</strong> Here's a plugin that lets the themes in the Theme Contest repository work with the Theme Switcher plugin you find in Plugin Manager.... Theme Switcher Shim plugin

Here’s a plugin that lets the themes in the Theme Contest repository work with the Theme Switcher plugin you find in Plugin Manager….

]]> By: Ian http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition#comment-4795 Ian Thu, 31 Mar 2005 02:00:09 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition-smashing-success/#comment-4795 Most original theme - Meadow. The comment naming system needs to be implemented into Kubrick ASAP! "21 udders squeezed" cracks me up. Most original theme – Meadow. The comment naming system needs to be implemented into Kubrick ASAP!

“21 udders squeezed” cracks me up.

]]> By: Jon S http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition#comment-4794 Jon S Thu, 31 Mar 2005 00:55:58 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition-smashing-success/#comment-4794 I think the theme "Yarr! Tis Me Blog!" wins the "Best name for a theme" award. I think the theme “Yarr! Tis Me Blog!” wins the “Best name for a theme” award.

]]> By: Ian http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition#comment-4773 Ian Wed, 30 Mar 2005 04:50:08 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition-smashing-success/#comment-4773 I also want to thank you for the well executed competition, very professional like always Alex. Oh and my bandwidth thanks you too; I have counted about 30 different referrals sporting my little theme in the space of a few days. Cheers. I also want to thank you for the well executed competition, very professional like always Alex.

Oh and my bandwidth thanks you too; I have counted about 30 different referrals sporting my little theme in the space of a few days.

Cheers.

]]> By: Alex http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition#comment-4772 Alex Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:06:48 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition-smashing-success/#comment-4772 I answered your previous request for thumbnails <a href="http://alexking.org/software/wordpress/themes/blog/2005/03/25/theme-browser/#comment-250">here</a>. I answered your previous request for thumbnails here.

]]> By: Kerim Friedman http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition#comment-4771 Kerim Friedman Tue, 29 Mar 2005 17:04:35 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition-smashing-success/#comment-4771 Thanks for doing this! Coding a theme from scratch is very hard - and it makes a world of difference to know that there is a collection of quality themes that one can draw from to adapt for your own blog. I find I spend days tweaking a theme just to get it to look right on my site. I've already implemented two of the themes from the contest on two different sites. In both cases I had to do a lot of work just to make sure the sidebar appeared properly on "single" pages rather than the main index page. I say this just to highlight how complex this all is - if you hadn't done the initial vetting, I probably would have ended up spending twice as long to figure out what was wrong!!! One note: It would make a huge difference if there was some easy way to browse themes by thumbnails of screenshots rather than by title. It would be easier to find a theme you might have seen in the past but forgot about. I tend not to remember the names. Thanks again. Thanks for doing this! Coding a theme from scratch is very hard – and it makes a world of difference to know that there is a collection of quality themes that one can draw from to adapt for your own blog. I find I spend days tweaking a theme just to get it to look right on my site. I’ve already implemented two of the themes from the contest on two different sites. In both cases I had to do a lot of work just to make sure the sidebar appeared properly on “single” pages rather than the main index page. I say this just to highlight how complex this all is – if you hadn’t done the initial vetting, I probably would have ended up spending twice as long to figure out what was wrong!!!

One note: It would make a huge difference if there was some easy way to browse themes by thumbnails of screenshots rather than by title. It would be easier to find a theme you might have seen in the past but forgot about. I tend not to remember the names.

Thanks again.

]]> By: Josh http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition#comment-4770 Josh Tue, 29 Mar 2005 15:39:19 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition-smashing-success/#comment-4770 Thanks for the competition. All of the themes came in mighty handy last night when I accidentally overwrote my main theme files while trying to upload them to my 'test bed' install of WP. And of course, I didn't have backups. Thanks for the competition. All of the themes came in mighty handy last night when I accidentally overwrote my main theme files while trying to upload them to my ‘test bed’ install of WP.

And of course, I didn’t have backups.

]]> By: Mads Jensen http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition#comment-4769 Mads Jensen Tue, 29 Mar 2005 10:47:19 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition-smashing-success/#comment-4769 Alex, thanks for your great work. I have used WP from the very beginning and love it even more: all the themes put beautiness to the poetry. I will suggest you and WP run WP Theme competition every year in March. Cheers Mads Alex, thanks for your great work. I have used WP from the very beginning and love it even more: all the themes put beautiness to the poetry.

I will suggest you and WP run WP Theme competition every year in March.

Cheers

Mads

]]> By: Allen http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition#comment-4768 Allen Tue, 29 Mar 2005 08:48:20 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition-smashing-success/#comment-4768 Thanks for all the hard work Alex! My blog is down right now, but once it comes back up I'll be using a theme that I wouldn't have been made if it wasn't for your contest. :) Thanks for all the hard work Alex! My blog is down right now, but once it comes back up I’ll be using a theme that I wouldn’t have been made if it wasn’t for your contest. :)

]]> By: Alex http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition#comment-4766 Alex Tue, 29 Mar 2005 03:24:41 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition-smashing-success/#comment-4766 It should come back up on its own... that server seems to be a little up and down today (I moved the sample blog used in the theme browser to another server to help balance the ridiculous amount of traffic I've been getting these past few days). EDIT: It's back up now. It should come back up on its own… that server seems to be a little up and down today (I moved the sample blog used in the theme browser to another server to help balance the ridiculous amount of traffic I’ve been getting these past few days).

EDIT: It’s back up now.

]]> By: Bill Bradford http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition#comment-4765 Bill Bradford Tue, 29 Mar 2005 03:22:34 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition-smashing-success/#comment-4765 Theme Browser seems currently broken: "Error establishing a database connection This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can't contact the database server at localhost." (9:20pm CST, Monday the 28th) Theme Browser seems currently broken:

“Error establishing a database connection

This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost.”

(9:20pm CST, Monday the 28th)

]]> By: William http://alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition#comment-4763 William Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:03:08 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2005/03/28/theme-competition-smashing-success/#comment-4763 Congratulation Alex on the smashing sucess of the competition :) Congratulation Alex on the smashing sucess of the competition :)

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